Each cold spell brings an avalanche of complaints and myths that we repeat so often that we think they’re true. The cold virus is, well, a virus. There’s no magical process that turns cold air into a virus that invades your system. 2) “The wind chill is fake.”One great way some folks try to sound hip and edgy is by refuting the wind chill as a fake number made up by meteorologists who want you to think it’s colder than it really is. The wind chill, just like the heat index during the summer, is a real thing.

Source: Forbes January 01, 2018 02:48 UTC